US9222369B2 - Joint assembly for an annular structure - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- the present invention relates to a joint assembly for an annular structure and the present invention relates in particular to a joint assembly for joining annular casings of a gas turbine engine and more particularly to a joint assembly for joining annular casings of a fan containment casing of a turbofan gas turbine engine.
- U.S. Pat. No. 2,764,266 describes a joint assembly for an annular structure comprising a first annular member having a first radially extending flange, a second annular member having a second radially extending flange, the first radially extending flange having a plurality of circumferentially spaced first apertures extending axially there-through, the second radially extending flange having a plurality of circumferentially spaced second apertures extending axially there-through, the first and second apertures being circumferentially aligned, a plurality of fasteners and a plurality of hollow dowel pins, each hollow dowel pin is arranged to extend through a respective pair of the first and second apertures and each fastener being arranged to extend through a respective hollow dowel pin in the respective pair of the first and second apertures to join the first and second annular members together.
- This type of joint assembly is used in gas turbine engines to join casing sections together, for example to join fan casing sections, to join compressor casing sections, compressor casing to a combustion casing, a combustion casing to a turbine casing and/or turbine sections together.
- the fasteners are protected from being sheared in the event of a fan blade off event by the hollow dowel pins located in the aligned apertures in the flanges which provide circumferential location.
- the hollow dowel pins also provide radial location and provide accurate alignment of turbine shrouds, or turbine abradable liners, relative to the turbine rotor blades in the low pressure turbine.
- downstream flange of a combustor casing is overstressed due to a transient thermal gradient caused by hot gases on the radially inner surface of the combustor casing increasing the temperature of the radially inner end of the flange quicker than the rest of the flange.
- the magnitude of the stress is proportional to the thermal gradient and the thermal gradient is proportional to the radial height of the flange.
- a potential solution to the problem is to reduce the radial height of the flange.
- the use of hollow dowel pins limits the reduction in the radial height of the flange.
- the present invention seeks to provide a joint assembly which reduces, preferably overcomes, the above mentioned problem.
- the present invention provides a joint assembly for an annular structure comprising a first annular member having a first radially extending flange, a second annular member having a second radially extending flange, the first radially extending flange having a plurality of circumferentially spaced first apertures extending axially there-through, the second radially extending flange having a plurality of circumferentially spaced second apertures extending axially there-through, the first and second apertures being circumferentially aligned, a plurality of fasteners, each fastener being arranged to extend through a respective pair of the first and second apertures to join the first and second annular members together, characterised in that the first radially extending flange having a plurality of circumferentially spaced third apertures extending axially there-through, the second radially extending flange having a plurality of circumferentially spaced fourth apertures extending axially there-through, the third and fourth
- Each member may have two circumferentially extending flanges.
- the fasteners may comprise Tee headed bolts and nuts or Dee headed bolts and nuts.
- the first annular member may have a raised annular land adjacent the first flange and the heads of the bolts being arranged to abut the raised annular land to prevent rotation of the bolts.
- Each member may have an axially extending member to prevent rotation of the bolts.
- the axially extending member may be positioned circumferentially between the two circumferentially extending flanges and between the heads of two bolts.
- the axially extending member may comprise a flange extending circumferentially and being positioned at the radially outer end of the member.
- Each member may extend beyond the second flange.
- the joint assembly may comprise a plurality of plates, each plate having an aperture, each fastener extending through an aperture in a plate and locating an associated nut to clamp the plate against the second flange.
- the fasteners may comprise shank nuts and bolts, the shank nuts being secured to the flange of the member.
- the first and second annular members may be casings.
- a third annular member having a third radially extending flange, the third radially extending flange having a plurality of circumferentially spaced fifth apertures extending axially there-through, the first, second and fifth apertures being circumferentially aligned, the third radially extending flange having a plurality of circumferentially spaced sixth apertures extending axially there-through, the third, fourth and sixth apertures being circumferentially aligned.
- the first annular member may be a combustion casing and the second annular member may be a turbine casing.
- FIG. 1 is a partially cut away view of a turbofan gas turbine engine having a joint assembly according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of a joint assembly according to the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view along line A-A in FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view along line B-B in FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a pair of fasteners and a member shown in FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of an alternative joint assembly according to the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view along line C-C in FIG. 6 .
- FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of a further joint assembly according to the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 3 with plates being additionally provided clamped against the second flange.
- FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 4 with plates being additionally provided clamped against the second flange.
- a turbofan gas turbine engine 10 as shown in FIG. 1 , comprises in flow series an inlet 12 , a fan section 14 , a compressor section 16 , a combustion section 18 , a turbine section 20 and an exhaust 22 .
- the fan section 14 comprises a fan 24 .
- the compressor section 16 comprises in flow series an intermediate pressure compressor 26 and a high pressure compressor 28 .
- the turbine section 20 comprises in flow series a high pressure turbine 30 , an intermediate pressure turbine 32 and a low pressure turbine 32 .
- the fan 24 is driven by the low pressure turbine 34 via a shaft 40 .
- the intermediate pressure compressor 26 is driven by the intermediate pressure turbine 32 via a shaft 38 and the high pressure compressor 28 is driven by the high pressure turbine 30 via a shaft 36 .
- the turbofan gas turbine engine 10 operates quite conventionally and its operation will not be discussed further.
- the turbofan gas turbine engine 10 has a rotational axis X.
- the fan section 14 comprises a fan duct 42 defined partially by a fan casing 44 .
- the fan duct 42 has the intake 12 at its axially upstream end and an outlet 46 at its axially downstream end.
- the fan casing 44 is secured to a core engine casing 48 by a plurality of radially extending fan outlet guide vanes 50 .
- the fan casing 44 surrounds the fan 24 and the fan 24 comprises a fan rotor 52 , which carries a plurality of circumferentially spaced radially extending fan blades 54 .
- the fan rotor 52 and fan blades 54 rotate about the axis X of the turbofan gas turbine engine 10 .
- the combustion section 18 comprises a combustion casing 60 and the turbine section 20 comprises a turbine casing 62 , as shown more clearly in FIGS. 2 to 5 .
- a joint assembly 64 for an annular structure according to the present invention is shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 .
- the joint assembly 64 comprises a first annular member, the combustion casing, 60 having a first radially extending flange 66 , a second annular member, the turbine casing 62 , having a second radially extending flange 68 .
- the first radially extending flange 66 has a plurality of circumferentially spaced first apertures 70 extending axially there-through and the second radially extending flange 68 have a plurality of circumferentially spaced second apertures 72 extending axially there-through.
- the first and second apertures 70 and 72 more particularly the axes of the first and second apertures 70 and 72 , respectively are circumferentially and radially aligned.
- a plurality of fasteners 74 are provided and each fastener 74 is arranged to extend through a respective pair of the first and second apertures 70 and 72 respectively to join the first and second annular members, combustion casing and turbine casing, 60 and 62 together.
- first radially extending flange 66 has a plurality of circumferentially spaced third apertures 78 extending axially there-through and the second radially extending flange 68 has a plurality of circumferentially spaced fourth apertures 80 extending axially there-through.
- the third and fourth apertures 78 and 80 more particularly the axes of the third and fourth apertures 78 and 80 , respectively are circumferentially and radially aligned.
- a plurality of members 82 are provided and each member 82 is arranged to extend axially through a respective pair of the third and fourth apertures 78 and 80 .
- Each member 82 has at least one circumferentially extending flange 84 and each circumferentially extending flange 84 has an aperture 86 extending axially there-though and each fastener 74 extends through an aperture 86 in a flange 84 of a member 82 to clamp the member 82 against the first flange 66 .
- Each fastener 74 is a bolt and each fastener 74 has a respective nut 76 .
- each member 82 has two circumferentially extending flanges 84 and each flange 84 has an associated aperture 86 extending axially there-through.
- two circumferentially adjacent fasteners 74 extend through the apertures 86 in the two circumferentially extending flanges 84 of each member 82 .
- the fasteners 74 comprise Tee headed bolts and nuts 76 or Dee headed bolts 74 and nuts 76 .
- the first annular member, the combustion casing, 60 has a raised annular land 88 adjacent the first flange 66 and the heads of the bolts 74 are arranged to abut the raised annular land 88 to prevent rotation of the bolts 74 .
- the heads of the Tee headed bolts, or Dee headed bolts, 74 are positioned upstream of the flanges 66 and 68 and the shanks of the bolts extend in a downstream direction from the heads and through the apertures 70 and 72 in the flanges 66 and 68 respectively and the flanges 84 of the members 82 are positioned upstream of the flanges 66 and 68 in this arrangement.
- the heads of the Tee headed bolts, or the Dee headed bolts, 74 may be positioned downstream of the flanges 66 and 68 and the shanks of the bolts extend in an upstream direction from the heads and through the apertures 70 and 72 in the flanges 66 and 68 respectively and the flanges 84 of the members 82 are positioned downstream of the flanges 66 and 68 .
- a third annular member, casing, 92 has a third radially extending flange 94 , the third radially extending flange 94 has a plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures 96 extending axially there-through and the apertures 70 , 72 and 96 in the flanges 66 , 68 and 94 are circumferentially and radially aligned.
- each fastener 74 extends through a corresponding set of apertures 70 , 72 and 96 in the flanges 66 , 68 and 94 .
- the third annular member, casing, 92 has a plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures 98 extending axially there-through and the apertures, the axes of the apertures, 78 , 80 and 98 in the flanges 66 , 68 and 94 are circumferentially and radially aligned.
- each member 82 extends through a corresponding set of apertures 78 , 80 and 98 in the flanges 66 , 68 and 94 .
- the members 82 are solid and are located away from the apertures 70 , 72 and 96 in the flanges 66 , 68 and 94 through which the fasteners 74 extend. These solid members 82 have a similar tolerance and clearance to the apertures 78 , 80 and 98 as the hollow dowels in the apertures of the flanges. The number of members 82 and the dimensions of the members 82 are arranged such that the shear area provided by the members 82 is the same as that previously provided by the hollow dowels.
- the flanges 66 , 68 and 94 of the casings 60 , 62 and 92 are arranged coaxially, the apertures 78 , 80 and 98 are brought into circumferential and axial alignment and the apertures 70 , 72 and 96 are brought into axial and circumferential alignment.
- Each member 82 is then inserted through a respective set of apertures 78 , 80 and 98 through the flanges 66 , 68 and 94 of the casings 60 , 62 and 92 .
- Each Dee, or Tee, headed bolt 74 is passed through one of the circumferentially extending flanges 84 on a respective member 82 and then through the respective set of apertures 70 , 72 and 96 in the flanges 66 , 68 and 94 of the casings 60 , 62 and 92 .
- the Dee, or Tee, headed bolts 74 pass through the circumferentially extending flanges 84 of the members 82 and clamp the members 82 to the flanges 66 , 68 and 94 of the casings 60 , 62 and 92 , specifically against the flange 66 of the casing 60 .
- two Dee, or Tee, headed bolts 74 are passed through the two circumferentially extending flanges 84 on each of the members 82 .
- the Dee, or Tee, headed bolts 74 abut the raised annular land 88 of the casing 60 and thus the raised annular land 88 prevents the Dee, or Tee, headed bolts 74 from rotating.
- the circumferentially extending flanges 84 of the members 82 also abut the raised annular land 88 of the casing 60 and thus the raised annular land 88 prevents the member 82 from rotating.
- the member 82 and the circumferentially extending flanges 84 may be integral.
- the member 82 and the circumferentially extending flanges 84 may be manufactured by machining from a solid piece.
- the member 82 and the circumferentially extending flanges 84 may be separate pieces.
- the member 82 may be an interference fit in an aperture in a plate forming the flanges 84 or the member 82 may be welded, diffusion bonded, brazed, bonded etc onto a plate forming the flanges 84 .
- FIGS. 6 and 7 A further joint assembly 64 B for an annular structure according to the present invention is shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 and this is substantially the same as that shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 and like parts are denoted by like numerals.
- the joint assembly 64 B in FIGS. 6 and 7 differs in that each member 82 B has an axially extending member 90 B to prevent rotation of the bolts 74 .
- the axially extending member 90 B extends in an upstream direction away from the flanges 66 , 68 and 94 , whereas the member 82 B extends axially downstream through the flanges 66 , 68 and 94 .
- the axially extending member 90 B is positioned circumferentially between the two circumferentially extending flanges 84 , extends in an upstream direction away from the circumferentially extending flanges 84 and is positioned circumferentially between the heads of two bolts 74 .
- the axially extending member 90 B has two flat substantially radial faces 100 B against which the heads of the Tee headed bolts 74 or Dee headed bolts 74 abut to prevent rotation of the bolts 74 .
- the Dee, or Tee, headed bolts 74 do not abut a raised annular land of the casing 60 in this arrangement.
- FIG. 8 A further joint assembly 64 C for an annular structure according to the present invention is shown in FIG. 8 and this is substantially the same as that shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 and like parts are denoted by like numerals.
- the joint assembly 64 C in FIG. 8 differs in that each member 82 C has an axially extending member 90 C to prevent rotation of the bolts 74 .
- the axially extending member 90 C comprises a flange extending in an upstream direction and circumferentially and being positioned at the radially outer end of the member 82 C.
- the axially extending member 90 C has a circumferential extending face 100 C against which the radially outer ends of the heads of the Tee headed bolts 74 or Dee headed bolts 74 abut to prevent rotation of the bolts 74 .
- the Dee, or Tee, headed bolts 74 do not abut a raised annular land of the casing 60 in this arrangement.
- the present invention allows the radial height of the flanges 66 , 68 and 94 of the casings 60 , 62 and 92 to be reduced, minimised.
- This reduction in the radial height of the flanges 66 , 68 and 94 results in an increase in the life of the flanges 66 , 68 and 94 of the casings 60 , 62 and 94 , a decrease in the weight of the casings 60 , 62 and 92 and a decrease in the manufacturing costs of the casings 60 , 62 and 92 due to a reduction in the size of the forging.
- the circumferentially extending flanges 84 may be arranged to extend to a greater radial diameter than that of the radial outer diameter of the flanges 66 , 68 and 94 .
- Bolt holes may be provided through the circumferentially extending flanges 84 at a radius greater than the outer diameter of the flanges 66 , 68 and 94 to enable brackets or other components onto the members 82 to secure pipes, valves, wires etc to the combustor casing 60 or turbine casing 62 .
- shank nuts are secured to the circumferentially extending flanges 84 and reacted against a raised annular land 88 of the casing 60 as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 or against axially extending features 90 B, 90 C on the circumferentially extending flanges 84 as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 or FIG. 8 .
- All of these joint assemblies 64 , 64 B and 64 C may comprise a plurality of plates 102 , each plate 102 having an aperture 104 as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 , each fastener 74 extending through an aperture 104 in a plate 102 and locating an associated nut 76 to clamp the plate 102 against the second flange 68 .
- These plates 102 would cover the apertures 80 in the flange 68 of the turbine casing 62 and reduce any leakage through the apertures 78 , 80 and 94 in the flanges 66 , 68 and 94 of the casing 60 , 62 and 92 .
- the plates 102 would provide improved load spreading into the flange 68 under the nuts 76 to improve overall flange sealing.
- the annular members may be circular in cross-section or may be any suitable polygon in cross-section.
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